Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation

Program Chair: Jim G. Yoe , NOAA/NESDIS
Reviewers: Derek J. Posselt , University of Michigan ; Kenneth Carey , Earth Resources Technology (ERT), Inc. ; Christopher S. Velden , CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin ; Gary McWilliams , JPSS Program Office/Army Research Laboratory ; George P. Kablick III , University of Maryland, College Par

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Saturday, 3 January 2015

7:30 AM-10:00 AM: Saturday, 3 January 2015


Registration for Student Conference and Short Courses
Location: Lobby of Exhibit Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Sunday, 4 January 2015

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


Registration for Short Courses and Conference for Early Career Professionals
Location: Lobby of Exhibit Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


Registration Open for Annual Meeting
Location: Lobby of Exhibit Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

12:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


WeatherFest
Location: Hall 1 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

3:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


Newcomer’s Welcome and Informational Exchange
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


95th Annual Review, New Fellows, and Featured Awards
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

5:45 PM-8:00 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


Fellows Reception
Location: North Ballroom Foyer (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Monday, 5 January 2015

7:30 AM-6:00 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015


Registration Continues through January 7
Location: Lobby of Exhibit Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

9:00 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 5 January 2015

Recording files available
Plenary Session 1
15th Presidential Forum: Will Weather Change Forever—Anticipating Meteorology in 2040
Location: North Ballroom CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Major Weather Events and Societal Impacts of 2014; the Eugenia Kalnay Symposium; the Harry R. Glahn Symposium; the 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 29th Conference on Hydrology; the 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 24th Symposium on Education; the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 13th Conference on Artificial Intelligence; the 13th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 13th History Symposium; the 12th Conference on Space Weather; the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the Eighth Annual CCM Forum: Certified Consulting Meteorologists; the Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; the Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Sixth Conference on Environment and Health; the Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the Fifth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the Third Annual Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise; the Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events; the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Third Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact; the First Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Special Symposium on Model Postprocessing and Downscaling; the Special Symposium on the South Asia Monsoon; the Air Pollution Meteorology and Human Health Symposium; and the 15th Presidential Forum )
Program Chair: Kathryn Sullivan, NOAA
Moderator: Kimberly E. Klockow, NOAA
Keynote: Kathryn Sullivan, NOAA
Panelists: Bernadette Woods Placky, Climate Central; Mac Devine, IBM Cloud Services Division; Kathryn Sullivan, NOAA; Curtis L. Walker, University of Nebraska

Twenty five years hence, meteorology will be much different and expand far beyond the traditional weather forecast. Personal sensors will monitor weather nearly everywhere. Advanced computing will allow us to forecast at perhaps minute scales and kilometer resolutions, customized for each particular user. Post-mobile devices will enable instantaneous use of the information – even in remote areas of today’s developing nations. Transportation will be safer, businesses will operate more efficiently, events will automatically schedule around anticipated weather, and much more. Operational weather forecasts will be interlaced with new environmental elements that impact economic, health, energy, and security decisions. Many aspects of our daily lives will change forever. Climate change’s possibilities add a critical dimension to community resiliency. Should global weather patterns be altered, forecasting could become more challenging than today. The recent release of the fifth IPCC synthesis report has brought focus to this particular issue. Dr. Kathryn Sullivan, NOAA Administrator, will lead the session with a keynote on her vision for the meteorology enterprise in the year 2040. Following her keynote, the panelists - representing different demographics and perspectives - will then provide their vision, accompanied by a moderated discussion among the panelists.
  9:00 AM
William B (Bill) Gail: Introductory remarks
  9:08 AM
Kimberly E. Klockow: Moderator welcoming remarks
  9:16 AM
Dr. Kathryn Sullivan: AMS 2015 Annual Meeting Presidential Forum Keynote
  9:24 AM
Curtis Walker: Will Weather Change Forever – Anticipating Meteorology in 2040
  9:32 AM
Bernadette Woods Placky: Will Weather Change Forever? Anticipating Meteorology in 2040
  9:40 AM
Mac Devine: The Perfect Storm Intensifies - The Convergence of BigData, Cloud and the Internet of Things is Now at Full Strength

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Monday, 5 January 2015


Spouses' Coffee

10:30 AM-11:00 AM: Monday, 5 January 2015


Coffee Break
Location: North Ballroom Foyer (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015

Recording files available
Joint Panel Discussion 1
Enterprise View of Satellites
Location: 231ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation )
Moderator: Mitch Goldberg, NOAA/NESDIS
Panelists: John Malay, Lockheed Martin/AMS President; Stephen Volz, NOAA/NESDIS; David McCarren, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command; Johannes Schmetz, EUMETSAT

The enterprise view of environmental satellites, a vision of a “system of systems” of spacecraft, sensors, and ground assets, is rapidly evolving from a concept to reality. It is driven by the need for government agencies and stakeholders to more effectively and efficiently obtain and share improved satellite data and data products for multiple applications under very challenging budget conditions. The enterprise view is being realized through the establishment of new national and international agreements to promote the sharing of data, and new organizational structures and system architectures to better collect, process, distribute, and use satellite data products from a constellation of satellites. A panel of senior scientists and managers will discuss the pathway and current progress in implementing this new paradigm.
  11:00 AM
Stephen Volz
  11:15 AM
Johannes Schmetz
  11:30 AM
John Malay

  11:45 AM
David McCarren

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015


Lunch Break

12:45 PM-1:05 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015


Daily Weather Briefings
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015

Recording files available
Joint Session 2
Design of next generation retrieval, data assimilation, and data fusion algorithms, especially as pertains to an integrated view of the Earth system
Location: 231ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation )
Cochairs: Jordan Gerth, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin; Sid A. Boukabara, NOAA/NESDIS
  1:30 PM
J2.1
Towards Atmosphere-Ocean Coupled Assmilation with the GEOS: Skin SST developments & analysis of MW observations
Santha Akella, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Todling, M. J. Suarez, J. Jin, and W. McCarty

  1:45 PM
J2.2
Variational Cloud-clearing with CrIS data at NCEP
Haixia Liu, EMC/IMSG, College Park, MD; and A. Collard and J. C. Derber
  2:00 PM
J2.3
A First Look at GEWEX's Integrated Global Water and Energy Product
Christian D. Kummerow, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and W. B. Rossow, P. Stackhouse Jr., R. F. Adler, C. A. Clayson, and E. F. Wood

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Joint Poster Session 1
Joint Satellite Program Poster Session I
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation )
Cochairs: Derek J. Posselt, University of Michigan; Christopher S. Velden, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin; George P. Kablick III, University of Maryland, College Par; Jim G. Yoe, NOAA/NESDIS; Gary McWilliams, JPSS Program Office/Army Research Laboratory
 
140
Satellite observations of Hurricane Bill (2009): links to African easterly waves and precipitation patterns
H. Barbosa, Laboratory for Analyzing and Processing Satellite Images, Maceio, Brazil; and V. Nietosvaara and L. M. Silva

 
141
GOES-R AIT: Development of Standard Test Data Sets for Routine Testing
Jonathan E. Wrotny, I.M. Systems Group, College Park, MD; and Z. Zhang, S. Sampson, W. Wolf, and W. Straka III

 
142
Building OSSE system at JCSDA
Michiko Masutani, EMC, College Park, MD; and J. S. Woollen, S. P. F. Casey, T. Zhu, Z. Ma, K. Kumar, S. A. Boukabara, K. Ide, L. Cucurull, and R. N. Hoffman
Manuscript (5.1 MB)

 
144
Comparisons of ASCAT Wind Vectors and Buoy Wind Data in China's Coastal Waters
Xiaoping Xie, Jiangsu Province Meteorological Bureau, Nanjing, China; and J. Wei and L. Huang

 
145
Improving Satellite Quantitative Precipitation Estimates By Using Cloud Optical Depth
Ronald Stenz, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and X. Dong, B. Xi, and R. J. Kuligowski

 
146
A Module for Assimilating Hyperspectral Infrared Retrieved Profiles into the Gridpoint Statistical Interpolation System for Unique Forecasting Applications
Emily Berndt, NASA Postdoctoral Program, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL; and B. T. Zavodsky, J. Srikishen, and C. B. Blankenship

Handout (1.1 MB)

 
147
Data assimilation improves model forecast for cold air aloft in Alaska region
Jiang Zhu, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and E. Stevens, E. Weisz, K. Nelson, and T. Heinrichs

 
149
Mid-Pacific ground-truth data for validation of the CrIMSS sensor suite aboard Suomi-NPP
Andrew Keeler Mollner, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA; and J. Wessel, S. D. LaLumondiere, P. Karuza, M. Williams, P. Belden, K. M. Gaab, W. Lotshaw, N. R. Nalli, A. Gambacorta, Q. Liu, C. D. Barnet, T. Reale, C. Tan, and F. Iturbide-Sanchez

 
150
The MTG-IRS Level 2 Processor: Data Assimilation
Stephen A. Tjemkes, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany; and P. Antonelli, S. de Haan, G. J. Marseille, and R. Stuhlmann

Handout (658.3 kB)

 
154
Analysis and Forecast Impacts from a 1DVAR Preprocessor-Driven Quality Control in the NCEP GDAS/GFS
Kevin Garrett, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and S. A. Boukabara

 
155
Tropical Cyclone Diurnal Cycle as Observed by TRMM
Kenneth D. Leppert II, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and D. J. Cecil

Handout (6.1 MB)

 
156
Inter-Comparison of CrIS Radiances with AIRS and IASI toward Infrared Hyperspectral Benchmark Measurements
Likun Wang, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and Y. Han, Y. Chen, X. Jin, and D. Tremblay

 
157
Use of JPSS ATMS-MIRS Retrievals to Improve Tropical Cyclone Intensity Forecasting
Galina Chirokova, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and M. DeMaria, R. T. DeMaria, J. F. Dostalek, and J. L. Beven

Handout (2.0 MB)

 
158
NESDIS' Atmospheric Motion Vector (AMV) Nested Tracking Algorithm: Exploring its Performance
Jaime Daniels, NOAA, College Park, MD; and W. Bresky, S. Wanzong, A. Bailey, C. S. Velden, and A. Allegrino

 
160
Development of a CALIPSO IIR radiance simulator
Chia-Pang Kuo, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and P. Yang, S. L. Nasiri, and Y. Hu

Handout (4.5 MB)

 
162
Land surface albedo from a constellation of geostationary satellites compared and fused with polar-orbiting data
Jessica L. Matthews, Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites , Asheville, NC; and E. Mannshardt, B. Reich, A. Lattanzio, and M. Takahashi

 
164
CrIS/VIIRS Collated Products and Evaluation
Haibing Sun, IMSG/NESDIS-STAR, College Park, MD; and W. Wolf, T. King, and S. Sampson

Handout (736.4 kB)

 
165
Using Hyperspectral Sounders to Detect Cold Air Aloft over Alaska
Eric Stevens, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and E. Weisz, K. Nelson, and J. Zhu

 
168
Prototype of an ensemble radar and satellite data assimilation system for Warn-on-Forecast
Thomas A. Jones, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. H. Knopfmeier, D. M. Wheatley, G. J. Creager, P. Minnis, and R. Palikonda

 
169
Quasi-real-time analysis of solar radiation with photovoltaic power using geostationary satellite
Hideaki Takenaka, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute (AORI), the University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan; and T. Y. Nakajima, T. Inoue, A. Higuchi, T. Takamura, and T. Nakajima

 
170
Advancing Marine Forecasting Capability with Lightning Density and Overshooting Top Detection
Colleen Elizabeth Wilson, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

 
172
Forward Light Scattering and Radiative Transfer Modeling Capabilities in Support of Retrieving Ice Cloud and Dust Properties From Satellite Observations
Ping Yang, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and S. L. Nasiri, L. Bi, B. Yi, S. Hioki, C. P. Kuo, Y. Ding, J. Zhang, and G. Xu

 
174
Optimization of the usage of AMV data within the GSI
Eric Maddy, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and K. Garrett and S. A. Boukabara

 
176
Overview of O2R and R2D Activities at JCSDA and NESDIS. S4 and JIBB Upgrades Status
Krishna Kumar, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/JCSDA, COLLEGE PARK, MD; and J. A. Jung, S. A. Boukabara, S. Nolin, and J. Stroik

 
181
Preliminary Assessment the Assimilation of AMSR2 and GMI Data in the NCEP GDAS
Erin Jones, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and K. Garrett, E. Maddy, K. Kumar, and S. A. Boukabara

 
182
CrIS/ATMS Sounding Data Products and Services at NOAA/NESDIS
Awdhesh Sharma, NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO/SPSD, College Park, MD

 
183
Temperature Profiles and Lapse Rate Climatology within Clouds Derived from GPS RO Data Collocated with CloudSat
Shengpeng Yang, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China; and X. Zou

 
185
Tropical Cyclone Structures Captured by Satellite Total Ozone Instruments
Hui Wang, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

 
186
Mapping Oil for the Destroyed Taylor Energy Site in the Gulf of Mexico
Christopher J. Warren, NOAA/NESDIS, College park, MD; and A. Macfadyen and C. Henry

 
187
GOES Sounder and Cloud Optical-depth Data Impact on variational LAPS Analysis and Forecast
Yuanfu Xie, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and J. Peng, D. Birkenheuer, and S. Albers

 
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Machine Learning Algorithms for Tropical Cyclone Center Fixing and Eye Detection
Robert T. DeMaria, CIRA/CSU, Fort Collins, CO; and G. Chirokova, J. A. Knaff, and J. F. Dostalek
Manuscript (526.1 kB)

 
190
Regional and Interannual Comparisons of Marine Stratocumulus Precipitation Detected Using an AMSR-E 89-GHz Passive Microwave Based Method
Matthew A. Miller, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and M. L. Frey and S. E. Yuter

 
191
A Bispectral Composite Threshold Approach for Automatic Cloud Detection in VIIRS Imagery
Frank J. LaFontaine, Raytheon, Huntsville, AL; and G. Jedlovec

 
193
Applying Satellite Aerosol Retrievals for Improved Lightning Predictions
Tong Ren, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX; and S. L. Nasiri, J. Mecikalski, and L. Carey

 
194
Application of SNPP VIIRS Green Vegetation Fraction in the NCEP Global Forecast System
Weizhong Zheng, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, College Park, MD; and M. B. Ek, Z. Jiang, and M. Vargas

 
195
The Utility of Next Generation GOES Satellite Measurement Techniques for Assessing Lightning Initiation, Intensity and Charge Structure
Jason Apke, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and J. Mecikalski, X. Li, L. Carey, and C. P. Jewett

 
197
Development of Independent Assessment Tool at NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/JCSDA
Deyong Xu, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/JCSDA, College Park, MD; and K. Kumar and S. A. Boukabara

 
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A Climatology of Precipitating Open-cell Convection over the Northeast Gulf of Alaska
Todd D. Sikora, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and E. B. Wendoloski and R. E. Marter Jr.

Handout (673.0 kB)

 
201
The July 2012 Niobrara Valley Wildfires and their Aftermath: Satellite and Radiative Characteristics
Timothy J. Wagner, Creighton University, Omaha, NE; and B. H. Decicco, A. A. Ellis, R. M. Hepper, L. C. Mahoney, M. Salerno, C. B. Risanto, K. Wright, and J. F. Schalles

 
202
Reducing Striping and Non-uniformities in VIIRS Day/Night Band (DNB) Imagery
Stephen Mills, Stellar Solutions Inc., Palo Alto, CA; and S. D. Miller
Manuscript (4.5 MB)

Handout (4.5 MB)

 
203
CERES FLASHFlux: Near Term Global Satellite-based Radiative Fluxes for Science and Applications
Parchai K. Sawaengphokhai, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and P. Stackhouse Jr., D. P. Kratz, S. K. Gupta, and A. C. Wilber

 
204
Generating Clear-Sky Composites Over Canada From VIIRS
Alexander P. Trishchenko, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Ottawa, ON, Canada

 
206
SUOMI NPP and JPSS1 Vegetation Index EDR
Marco Vargas, NOAA, College Park, MD

 
207
The NOAA Daily Optimum Interpolation SST: Status and planned improvements
Viva F. Banzon, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and D. Saunders, A. Burden, C. Liu, and M. Urzen

Handout (2.3 MB)

 
209
Ice cloud particle roughness inferred from satellite polarimetric observations
Souichiro Hioki, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and P. Yang and B. Baum
Manuscript (1.1 MB)

Handout (226.8 kB)

 
Poster 211 has moved. New paper number is 1A.2A

 
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Assessment of Hyper-spectral Infrared Sensors CrIS and IASI Spectral Accuracy Using Community Radiative Transfer Model
Yong Chen, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and Y. Han, F. Weng, L. Wang, D. Tremblay, and X. Jin

 
213
Comparison of Different Calibration Approaches in S-NPP CrIS Full Spectral Resolution Processing
Yong Chen, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and Y. Han, L. Wang, D. Tremblay, X. Jin, and F. Weng

 
214
Impacts of assimilating land observational data products on NCEP numerical weather prediction models
Xiwu Zhan, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and J. Liu, L. Fang, J. Yin, C. Hain, W. Zheng, and M. B. Ek

 
215
GRAFIIR and JAFIIR – Efficient End-to-End Semi Automated GEO and LEO Sensor Performance Analysis and Verification Systems
Mathew Gunshor, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and H. Zhang, E. Schiffer, and A. Huang

 
216
Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) Geolocation Analysis
M. P. Esplin, Space Dynamics Laboratory, North Logan, UT; and B. Esplin, K. Robinson, and D. Scott

 
217
Ocean Surface Carbon Dioxide Fugacity Observed from Space
W. Timothy Liu, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and X. Xie

 
219
Comparison of LEO Satellite Moisture Retrieval Derived Total Precipitable Water to GPS Network over Alaska
Richard Dworak, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. Petersen

 
220
Transition of Vegetation Health Product to S-NPP/ and JPSS/VIIRS
Wei Guo, IMSG Inc., Fairfax, VA; and F. Kogan

 
221
Validation of GOES-R LAP algorithm with MODIS measurements
Yong-Keun Lee, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and Z. Li, E. Borbas, J. Li, and T. J. Schmit

 
224
Assimilation of GPM GMI rainfall product with WRF GSI
Xuanli Li, Univ. of Alabama , Huntsville, AL; and J. Mecikalski and B. T. Zavodsky

 
225
Development and Impact Study of Community Satellite Data Thinning and Representation Optimization Tool
Tong Zhu, CIRA/NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, College Park, MD; and S. A. Boukabara

 
226
Improvement of ice cloud modeling capabilities in the Community Radiative Transfer Model
Bingqi Yi, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and P. Yang, Q. Liu, P. van Delst, S. A. Boukabara, and F. Weng

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015


Reception and Exhibits Opening
Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Tuesday, 6 January 2015

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015

Recording files available
Joint Session 5
Program overviews and status for new operational environmental satellite systems
Location: 231ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; and the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation )
Cochairs: Mitchell Goldberg, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS; Steven J. Goodman, NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R Program Office
  8:30 AM
J5.1
GOES-R Program Overview
Greg Mandt, NOAA/NESDIS, Greenbelt, MD; and M. Stringer
  9:00 AM
J5.3
Program Status of DoD Weather Satellites
Brian Kabat, US Air Force, Washington, DC
  9:15 AM
J5.4
Status of EUMETSAT Satellite Programs: Recent Developments of Future Programs and Improved Utilisation of Current Programs
Johannes Schmetz, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany; and K. Holmlund, P. Schlüssel, R. Stuhlmann, L. Schüller, J. Schulz, M. Cohen, and S. Rota
  9:30 AM
J5.5
Status and Plans of Next Generation Japanese Geostationary Meteorological Satellites Himawari-8/9
Masahiro Hayashi, Meteorological Satellite Center of Japan Meteorological Agency, Kiyose, Japan; and K. Bessho and T. Ohno

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015


Spouses' Coffee

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015

Recording files available
Lecture 1
Bernhard Haurwitz Memorial Lecture
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 15th Presidential Forum; the Major Weather Events and Societal Impacts of 2014; the Eugenia Kalnay Symposium; the Harry R. Glahn Symposium; the 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 29th Conference on Hydrology; the 24th Symposium on Education; the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 13th Conference on Artificial Intelligence; the 13th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 13th History Symposium; the 12th Conference on Space Weather; the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; the Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Sixth Conference on Environment and Health; the Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise; the Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events; the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Third Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact; the First Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; and the Special Symposium on Model Postprocessing and Downscaling )
  11:00 AM
L1.1
Model Diagnoses of El Nino Teleconnections to the Global Atmosphere-Ocean System
Ngar-Cheung Lau, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Recording files available
Joint Session 6
How satellite data are being used to advance our understanding of fundamental weather and climate processes in the atmosphere, oceans, land surface, and cryosphere, and will continue to improve our ability to observe, analyze, predict, and communicate weather and climate data at a new level of fidelity and timeliness
Location: 231ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation )
Cochairs: Derek J. Posselt, University of Michigan; Steve Ackerman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin
  11:00 AM
J6.1
A New View of Snowfall: A Multi-Year Global Snowfall Census from Spaceborne Radar
Mark S. Kulie, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and N. B. Wood, T. S. L'Ecuyer, and R. Bennartz
  11:30 AM
J6.3
  11:45 AM
J6.4
Using Satellite Observations to Understand Cloud-Climate Interactions: The Subtropical Cloud Transition
Joao Teixeira, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and M. Lebsock, P. Kalmus, G. Matheou, and K. Suselj

Recording files available
Joint Session 7
Satellite Observations for Climate
Location: 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation )
Cochairs: Hank Revercomb, University of Wisconsin; Gary Jedlovec, NASA/MSFC NSSTC

Joint Session between 20th SatMet Conference, 11GOES-R/JPSS Symposium, and 3rd JCSDA Symposium
  11:00 AM
J7.1
Historical GOES AMV Re-processing
Steve Wanzong, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. A. Santek, C. S. Velden, J. Daniels, D. Stettner, W. Bresky, and A. Bailey
  11:15 AM
J7.2
Decadal-scale variability of AIRS cloud top properties
Brian H. Kahn, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and T. L'Ecuyer, S. L. Nasiri, and C. M. Naud
  11:30 AM
J7.3

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015


Lunch Break

12:45 PM-1:05 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015


Daily Weather Briefings
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015

Recording files available
Joint Session 8
Selections of Student Research within the Joint Satellite Program
Location: 231ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation )
Cochairs: George P. Kablick III, University of Maryland, College Par; Shaima L. Nasiri, Texas A & M University

Pulling student submissions from each of the three conferences within the Joint Satellite Program, this session will highlight the innovations being made by young scientists.
  2:00 PM
J8.3
Limb Correction of Individual Infrared Channels Used in RGB Composite Products
Nicholas J. Elmer, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and E. Berndt, G. J. Jedlovec, and F. J. LaFontaine
  2:15 PM
J8.4
Temperature and moisture retrieval from AIRS measurements under cloudy condition over East Asia
Ahreum Lee, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; and B. J. Sohn, H. Han, H. S. Jang, and E. Weisz
  2:30 PM
J8.5
Development of a Near-Real Time Hail Damage Swath Identification Algorithm for Vegetation
Jordan R. Bell, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and A. L. Molthan, L. A. Schultz, K. M. McGrath, and J. E. Burks
  2:45 PM
J8.6A
Investigating the effect of ENSO upon oceanic rainfall estimates
David Henderson, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and C. D. Kummerow

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015


Coffee Break
Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Meet the President
Location: 126A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015

Recording files available
Joint Session 9
Research/studies that assess the impact of satellite data on forecast skill
Location: 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation )
Cochairs: Jordan Gerth, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin; Nancy Baker, NRL
  4:15 PM
J9.4
Evaluation of the impact of satellite radiance data within the hybrid variational/EnKF Rapid Refresh data assimilation systems
Haidao Lin, CIRA/Colorado State Univ. and NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and S. S. Weygandt, M. Hu, C. R. Alexander, and S. Benjamin
  4:45 PM
J9.6
Assimilation of All-sky Microwave Radiances in the NCEP's Global Forecast System
Yanqiu Zhu, IMSG@NOAA/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and E. H. Liu, A. Collard, D. T. Kleist, and J. Derber

Wednesday, 7 January 2015

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


Spouses' Coffee

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


Coffee Break
Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Meet the President
Location: 126A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


Lunch Break

Women in the Atmospheric Sciences Luncheon
Location: 213AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

12:45 PM-1:05 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


Daily Weather Briefings
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


Lecture 2
Horton Lecture
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Eugenia Kalnay Symposium; the 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 24th Symposium on Education; the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 29th Conference on Hydrology; the 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 13th Conference on Artificial Intelligence; the 13th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 13th History Symposium; the 12th Conference on Space Weather; the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the Eighth Annual CCM Forum: Certified Consulting Meteorologists; the Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; the Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Sixth Conference on Environment and Health; the Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise; the Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events; the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Third Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact; the First Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; and the Special Symposium on Model Postprocessing and Downscaling )
Chair: Michael B. Ek, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Joint Poster Session 2
Joint Satellite Program Poster Session II
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation )
Organizer: Kenneth Carey, Earth Resources Technology (ERT), Inc.
Cochairs: Derek J. Posselt, University of Michigan; Christopher S. Velden, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin; George P. Kablick III, University of Maryland, College Par; Jim G. Yoe, NOAA/NESDIS; Gary McWilliams, JPSS Program Office/Army Research Laboratory
 
603
Snowfall Rate Retrieval Using Passive Microwave Measurements and Its Applications in Weather Forecast and Hydrology
Huan Meng, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD; and R. R. Ferraro, C. Kongoli, B. Yan, L. Zhao, J. Dong, N. Y. Wang, and B. T. Zavodsky

 
604
Testing, Troubleshooting and Integrating Changes to Joint Polar Satellite Systems (JPSS) Algorithms using Algorithm Development Library (ADL)
Bigyani Das, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/IMSG, College Park, MD; and W. Wolf, W. Chen, M. Tsidulko, Y. Zhao, V. Mikles, K. Sprietzer, and V. Dharmawardane

Handout (1.1 MB)

 
605
JPSS-1 xDR Requirements Verification: Pre-Launch to Post-Launch Plans
Murty G. Divakarla, IM Systems Group, Inc., Rockville, MD; and L. Zhou, X. Liu, W. Wolf, E. Gottshall, J. Feeley, T. Atkins, R. S. Steadley, and R. Godin

 
606
Community Radiative Transfer Model (CRTM) Support To Cloud Radiance Assimilation
Quanhua Liu, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and P. van Delst, D. Groff, H. Liu, E. H. Liu, M. Chen, A. Collard, S. A. Boukabara, F. Weng, and J. C. Derber

 
607
Effect of Solar Irradiance Fluctuations on S-NPP Reflective Band Calibration
Yelena Savranskaya, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA; and J. Wicker, E. Haas, J. Cardema, and F. De Luccia
Manuscript (2.2 MB)

Handout (2.5 MB)

 
608
 
609
SUOMI NPP/VIIRS: Improvements in land cover monitoring and socioeconomic services
Felix Kogan, NOAA, College Park, MD; and M. Goldberg, T. B. Schott, and W. Guo

 
612
SNPP ATMS Striping Mitigation and Its Impacts on Numerical Weather Prediction
Xiaolei Zou, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and Y. Ma and F. Weng

 
613
Improvement of the Satellite-Based Microwave Physical Retrieval of Temperature and Water Vapor in NUCAPS
FLAVIO Iturbide-Sanchez, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and A. Gambacorta, Q. Liu, T. Reale, N. R. Nalli, C. Tan, and B. Sun

 
614
JPSS CGS Architectural Overview and Technical Performance Measures
Shawn W. Miller, Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services, Aurora, CO; and K. Grant and M. Jamilkowski

Handout (5.4 MB)

 
615
Adding a Mission to the JPSS CGS
Shawn W. Miller, Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services, Aurora, CO; and K. Grant and M. Jamilkowski

Handout (5.8 MB)

 
616
Ensuring Continuity in the Earth Radiation Budget Climate Data Record: Radiation Budget Instrument
G. Louis Smith, Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton, VA; and K. J. Priestley, M. Shankar, and N. Loeb

 
617
In-Flight Radiometric Calibration of SNPP VIIRS using Rayleigh scattering over oceanic oligotrophic regions
Alain Sei, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA; and B. Hauss, P. Pratt, and R. Frouin

 
618
MetEd Satellite Education Resources for GOES-R, S-NPP and JPSS User Readiness
Patrick Dills, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and W. Schreiber-Abshire and M. Weingroff

Handout (1.2 MB)

 
619
Maintaining JPSS Product Quality
Kerry Grant, Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services, Aurora, CO; and W. Ibrahim, K. F. Brueske, and P. Smit

 
620
Rapid Algorithm Integration in the JPSS CGS
Kerry Grant, Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services, Aurora, CO; and S. W. Miller and M. Jamilkowski

 
621
IMAPP: Supporting the Aqua and Terra Operational Community
Rebecca M. Cintineo, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and K. I. Strabala, L. E. Gumley, A. Huang, E. Borbas, E. Weisz, and B. Pierce

Handout (9.5 MB)

 
622
The TANSO-FTS-2 Instrument for the GOSAT-2 Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Mission
Ronald J. Glumb, Exelis Geospatial Systems, Fort Wayne, IN; and C. Lietzke, J. Bougher, A. D. Bell, and C. Ellsworth

Handout (2.6 MB)

 
623
Demonstrating S-NPP VIIRS Imagery via Naval Research Laboratory Satellite Websites
Arunas P. Kuciauskas, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. Hawkins, J. E. Solbrig, R. L. Bankert, K. A. Richardson, M. L. Surratt, S. D. Miller, and J. Kent

 
624
SNPP VIIRS Solar Diffuser BRDF Degradation Trend Changes in Early 2014
Evan Haas, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA; and F. J. DeLuccia
Manuscript (1.4 MB)

 
626
Testing the new land data sets in the NCEP parallel GFS
Helin Wei, NOAA/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and M. B. Ek, J. Meng, and W. Zheng

 
629
Suomi NPP Day/Night Band (DNB) low light radiometry and long term radiometric characteristics
Lushalan Liao, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Redondo Beach, CA; and C. K. Liang

 
631
Development of Cloud Product toward Next Generation Geostationary Meteorological Satellites Himawari-8/9
Masahiro Hayashi, Meteorological Satellite Center of Japan Meteorological Agency, Kiyose, Japan

Handout (421.5 kB)

 
633
 
634
Cyclone Center: A Crowd Sourcing Application of the HURSAT-B1 Data Record
Christopher C. Hennon, Univ. of North Carolina, Asheville, NC; and K. R. Knapp, C. J. Schreck III, J. P. Kossin, and S. E. Stevens

Handout (345.5 kB)

 
635
HIRS-Derived Temperature and Humidity Profiles and Comparisons with Radiosonde Observations and GPS RO Derived Profiles
Lei Shi, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and J. L. Matthews, Q. Yang, and S. P. Ho

 
639
Comparing Vertical Distributions of Cloud Liquid Water and Ice from MODIS Collections 5 and 6 to CMIP5 Model Simulations
Katherine Pitts, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and S. L. Nasiri
Manuscript (2.1 MB)

Handout (14.3 MB)

 
640
The Radiation Budget Instrument (RBI): A New Standard for Measuring the Earth's Radiation Balance
Ronald J. Glumb, Exelis Geospatial Systems, Fort Wayne, IN; and C. Lietzke, S. Luce, R. Leszczynski, G. White, and H. Latvakoski

Handout (1.6 MB)

 
641
Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Common Ground System (CGS) Use of Space Link Extension (SLE) Protocol
Michael Jamilkowski, Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services (IIS), Greenbelt, MD; and G. Cordier, L. M. Roberts, and C. J. Tillery

 
642
The Solar Irradiance Climate Data Record
Odele Coddington, Laboratory of Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. Lean, P. Pilewskie, M. Snow, and D. Lindholm

 
644
Performance and Capabilities of the New Compact Ocean Wind Vector Radiometer System
Shannon Thomas Brown, JPL and California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and P. Focardi, A. Kitiyakara, F. Maiwald, O. Montes, S. Padmanabhan, R. Redick, D. Russell, J. Wincentsen, F. Wentz, K. Hilburn, and T. Meissner

 
645
Assimilating GPM/GMI and TRMM/TMI Microwave Radiance Data With GEOS-5
Jianjun Jin, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. J. Kim, W. McCarty, S. Akella, and W. Gu

 
646
Developing Climate Data Records from Microwave Water Vapor Channels
Isaac Moradi, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and R. R. Ferraro, J. Beuchamp, H. Meng, and T. Smith

 
648
Reprocessing NOAA's Geo-Polar Sea Surface Temperature Analysis
Xiaofang Zhu, Global Science and Technology, inc, College Park, MD; and E. Maturi, J. Mittaz, A. Harris, C. M. Eakin, A. Ignatov, and X. Zhou

 
649
A Unified and Coherent Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity (LST&E) Earth System Data Record (ESDR) for Earth Science Research
Pierre C. Guillevic, Jet propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA; and G. Hulley, S. Hook, C. Hain, E. Borbas, R. T. Pinker, M. C. Anderson, and R. Knuteson

 
650
Interpreting AMSR-E Liquid Water Path Products in Warm Precipitating Clouds using MODIS and CloudSat
Tom Greenwald, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and R. Bennartz, M. Lebsock, and C. O'Dell

 
651
A CERES-Consistent Cloud Property Climate Data Record From AVHRR Data
Patrick Minnis, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; and B. Kristopher, D. David, K. Seiji, Q. Z. Trepte, B. Sarah, S. Benjamin, Y. Christopher, K. Konstantin, H. Gang, K. Mandana, P. Rabindra, G. Arun, B. Rajendra, H. Conor, S. Alok, and P. W. Heck

 
652
Global Top-of-Atmosphere Broadband Shortwave and Longwave Fluxes Derived from AVHRR
Mandana M. Khaiyer, SSAI, Hampton, VA ; and P. Minnis, K. M. Bedka, S. Kato, W. F. Miller, A. K. Shrestha, C. R. Yost, M. L. Nordeen, and B. Scarino

 
653
PERSIANN-CDR Daily Precipitation Used for High Resolution Long-term Trend Analysis of Global Precipitation Extreme
Hamed Ashouri, University of California, Irvine, CA; and K. L. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, and D. Braithwaite

 
654
Merged Satellite Microwave Radiometer Data Products for Climate Studies
Deborah K. Smith, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA; and C. A. Mears, K. A. Hilburn, and L. Ricciardulli

Handout (3.4 MB)

 
655
Leaf Area Index and Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation Thematic Climate Data Record from AVHRR
Martin claverie, University of Maryland, College Park, DC; and E. Vermote and C. O. Justice

Handout (3.8 MB)

 
657
A Systematic Approach to Building Climate Data Records (CDRs)
Daniel Wunder, Global Science and Technology Inc., Asheville, NC; and W. J. Glance and X. Zhao

Handout (685.8 kB)

 
658
Systematic Evaluation of AIRS Version 6 Thermodynamic Phase, Effective Diameter, and Optical Depth Retrievals
Volkan H. Firat, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and S. L. Nasiri and B. H. Kahn

 
661
A Comparison Of SSM/I-Derived Global Marine Surface Specific Humidity Datasets
John Prytherch, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; and E. C. Kent, S. Fangohr, and D. I. Berry

Handout (14.7 MB)

 
662
Improving the Quality of Extreme Precipitation Estimates Using Satellite Passive Microwave Rainfall Retrievals
Veljko Petkovic, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and C. D. Kummerow
Manuscript (998.8 kB)

 
664A
Snowfall Observations at NASA Wallops FLight Facility
Jorel Torres, Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Rapid City, SD; and A. Tokay, D. Kliche, D. B. Wolff, L. F. Bliven, and W. A. Petersen

 
665
Microwave Remote Sensing of Lake-Effect Snow in the GPM Era
Mark S. Kulie, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. A. Tushaus, Y. You, and N. Y. Wang

 
667
Improving satellite precipitation detection using Global Precipitation Measurement mission (GPM) and Ground Based Radar (NMQ)
Michael Angelo DiRosa, Colorado State University, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY; and J. King and C. D. Kummerow

 
668
GPM Snowfall Retrievals: Information Gained from Day 1 GPROF Empirical Databases
Marian E. Mateling, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. S. Kulie

 
669
Recent Improvements to the GOES-R Rainfall Rate Algorithm
Yaping Li, I. M. Systems Group, College Park, MD; and R. J. Kuligowski and Y. Hao

 
670
Improvement and Validation of NESDIS Satellite Snowfall Rate Algorithm
Jun Dong, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and H. Meng, C. Kongoli, and R. R. Ferraro

 
671
Improved ANN method for retrieving Asian dust AOT and altitude from AIRS measurements
Byeong-Gwon Kim, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; and H. Han and B. J. Sohn

 
672
Aerosol Correction for Improving OMPS/LP Ozone Retrieval
Zhong Chen, SSAI, Lanham, MD; and P. K. Bhartia and R. Loughman

 
673
The MTG-IRS Level 2 Processor: background
Stephen A. Tjemkes, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany; and P. Antonelli, C. Serio, E. Holm, J. L. Moncet, G. Masiello Sr., and R. Stuhlmann

Handout (584.1 kB)

 
675
JPSS System Architecture S-NPP to the Future
Arron Layns, NOAA/NESDIS, Lanham, MD; and J. Furgerson, J. Feeley, A. N. Griffin, and G. Trumbower

 
676
Routine Validation of the GOES-R Multi-Satellite Processing System Framework
William Straka III, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. Wolf, S. Sampson, G. Quinn, R. Garcia, G. Martin, R. Rollins, M. Fan, and E. Schiffer

 
677
GOES-R AIT: Near-Real-Time Processing
Hua Xie, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and M. Fan, S. Sampson, W. Wolf, J. Lindeman, Y. Zhao, A. Li, and J. Daniels

 
678
GOES-R AIT: Configuration Management
Yunhui Zhao, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and S. Sampson, W. Wolf, and R. Garcia

5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


Awards Banquet Reception in the Exhibit Hall
Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

7:00 PM-10:00 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


95th AMS Awards Banquet
Location: North Ballroom (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Thursday, 8 January 2015

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Thursday, 8 January 2015

Recording files available
Themed Joint Session 7
The Observations Gap: Approaches to filling observation gaps at higher space and time scales as neededfor next-generation forecasting and monitoring
Location: 231ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; and the 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry )
Cochairs: Christopher Velden, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin; Sharanya J. Majumdar, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS
  8:30 AM
TJ7.1
The LAPS Cloud Analysis: Validation with All-sky imagery and development of a variational cloud assimilation
Steve Albers, NOAA & CIRA, Boulder, CO; and K. Holub, Y. Xie, Z. Toth, H. Jiang, and J. Zhou

  8:45 AM
TJ7.2
Using Connected Vehicle Data to Fill In the Observations Gap for Data Assimilation
Amanda R. S. Anderson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. A. Lee, S. D. Drobot, and P. Pisano
  9:00 AM
TJ7.3
Recent Advancements in the TAMDAR Sensor Network Expansion
Neil Jacobs, Chief Atmospheric Scientist, Panasonic Avionics Corporation, Morrisville, NC; and D. Mulally, A. Anderson, J. Braid, P. Childs, A. Huffman, E. Wilson, and F. Gao
  9:30 AM
TJ7.5
Realization of PATH Goals using a Small Satellite Constellation
Albin Gasiewski, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and B. T. Sanders and D. W. Gallaher

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 8 January 2015


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015


Lecture 3
Walter Orr Roberts Lecture
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Major Weather Events and Societal Impacts of 2014; the 15th Presidential Forum; the Eugenia Kalnay Symposium; the Harry R. Glahn Symposium; the 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 29th Conference on Hydrology; the 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 24th Symposium on Education; the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 13th Conference on Artificial Intelligence; the 13th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 13th History Symposium; the 12th Conference on Space Weather; the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; the Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Sixth Conference on Environment and Health; the Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the Fifth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise; the Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events; the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Third Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact; the First Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Special Symposium on Model Postprocessing and Downscaling; and the Air Pollution Meteorology and Human Health Symposium )
  11:00 AM
L3.1
Recording files available
Joint Session 20
Development of innovative methods of processing, combining, assimilating and analyzing the observations from satellites, and the development of applications such as those related to energy security, and land and ocean remote sensing applications (e.g., soil moisture, ocean color).
Location: 231ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation )
Cochairs: George P. Kablick III, University of Maryland, College Par; John Mecikalski, University of Alabama
  11:15 AM
J20.2
Assimilation of thermodynamic information in cloudy regions from advanced IR sounder for tropical cyclone forecasts
Jun Li, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. Goldberg, P. Wang, H. Han, T. J. Schmit, A. Lim, Z. Li, and J. Li
  11:30 AM
J20.3
Near-Real Time Satellite-Retrieved Cloud and Surface Properties for Nowcasting and Assimilation
Rabindra Palikonda, SSAI/NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, G. Hong, Q. Z. Trepte, D. A. Spangenberg, B. Shan, B. Scarino, S. Sun-Mack, T. L. Chee, F. L. Chang, J. K. Ayers, W. L. Smith Jr., K. Bedka, L. Nguyen, and P. W. Heck

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015


Lunch Break

12:45 PM-1:05 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015


Daily Weather Briefings
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

3:00 PM-3:05 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015


Registration Closes

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015


Coffee Break
Location: Meeting room foyers (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Meet the President
Location: 126A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

5:00 PM-5:05 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015


AMS 95th Annual Meeting Adjourns